Auctions: comic books 1941

Action Comics (1938 DC) 40 CBCS 1.5

Paper: Off white

INCOMPLETE. piece missing from 1st 12 pages, slightly affects story.

Label #23-18DB970-001

Cover art by Fred Ray. Superman story, script by Jerry Siegel, art by John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster). Pep Morgan story, art by George Papp. Black Pirate story, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Three Aces story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Chad Grothkopf. Mr. America story, script by Ken Fitch, art by Bernard Baily. The Adventure of the Prehistoric Valley starring Congo Bill, art by Fred Ray. Preview of Star Spangled Kid, script by Jerry Siegel, art by Hal Sherman (includes photo of Siegel). Zatara story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Joseph Sulman. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Astonishing Stories (1940-1943 Fictioneers) Pulp Vol. 3 #1 GD 2.0

3" cumulative spine split.

Volume 3, Issue 1 - September, 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 5 0.3

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. Oxidation. Unattached reproduction cover included.

Cover art by C.C. Beck. Captain Marvel's Double Trouble; Captain Marvel rescues a princess kidnapped by Sivana. The King of the Crater; Captain Marvel prevents a terrorist from taking control of the Earth's volcanoes. You Can't Kill a Ghost text story by Joseph Millard. Captain Marvel Solves the Swamp Mystery; Captain Marvel discovers why The Swamp Devil is trying to scare people off their land. Introducing Captain Kid, script and art by Al Liederman. Sivana's Strange Chemical Potion, art by C.C. Beck; Sivana uses a potion to change Billy into another person who doesn't remember his name. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cosmic Stories (1941 Albing Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

2" spine split from top.

Detective Short Stories (1937-1947 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #4 VG 4.0

Short stories by Anthony Boucher and E. Hoffman Price.

Marvel Stories (1940-1941 Western Fiction) Pulp Vol. 2 #3 GD/VG 3.0

2" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

Vol 2., No. 3. April 1941. Includes: "The Last Secret Weapon" by Polton Cross (John Russell Fearn); "Girl from Venus" by D. D. Sharp; "The Iron God" by Jack Williamson; "The Thought Machine" and "The World of Tomorrow" by Ray Cummings; and "We - The Other People" by Bruce Manchester. Cover by J. W. Scott. 7" x 9.75". 112 pages. Title changes to Marvel Science Stories (1950-1951 Stadium) Pulp 2nd Series with Vol. 3 #1. Cover price $0.15.

Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 36 #1 VG 4.0

Cover and interior oxidation.

Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #8 GD/VG 3.0

1" spine split from bottom of comic. Water damage.

Fall 1941. Cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Eando (Otto) Binder "Vassals of the Master-World", Nelson S. Bond, Wilbur S. Peacock, Henry Andrew Ackermann, R.R. Winterbotham, Raymond Z. Gallun, Henry Haase, and Harry Walton. Illustrations by Paul, Don Lynch, Hannes Bok, Hall, Leo Morey, and Angus Dun. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Planet Stories (1939-1955 Fiction House) Pulp Vol. 1 #9 VG/FN 5.0

Winter 1941-1942. Cover by Hannes Bok. Stories by Nelson S. Bond "The Lorelei Death", Sam Moskowitz, Alan Connell, Ray Cummings, Basil Wells, James Norman, Henry Haase, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert O. Lewis. Illustrations by Lynch, Leo Morey, Hannes Bok, Stevens, and Paul. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Target Comics (1940) Vol. 2 #1 PR 0.5 (R)

Trimmed

Interior is complete. All three edges TRIMMED, spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Front cover detached and adhered to a wooden slat. Staples added (not manufacturing). Three hole punch.

Calling the Chameleon starring Target, script and art by Bob Wood. The Radio Ray starring Calling 2-R, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. The Factory Plague starring White Streak, script and art by Carl Burgos. The Phony Indians starring Bull's-Eye Bill, script by B. Holmes, art by L. Kenner. Pencils of Fire starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. The Three Mutineers--Fantastic Feature Films, script and art by Tarpe Mills. The Fatherland Federation starring Chameleon, script and art by Bob Davis. Droon's Plot Against Spacehawk starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Target Comics (1940) Vol. 2 #2 FR 1.0 (R)

Trimmed

Interior is complete. All three edges TRIMMED, spine severely damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing). Three hole punch.

Cover art by Bob Wood. Here you are, Uncle Sam... starring Target, script and art by Bob Wood. Washington, D. C. The Chameleon, master of disguise, and Slim, are on the track of another office... starring Chameleon, script and art by Bob Davis. Congressman Lawes Killed in Auto Accident starring White Streak, script by Ray Gill, art by Carl Burgos. Treasure Island [Part 1]--Fantastic Feature Films, art by Harold DeLay. Map For a Traitor starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Map For a Traitor starring Lucky Byrd, script and art by Harry Campbell. Boystate has been mobilized... starring Calling 2-R, script and art by Alonzo Vincent. The Master Plan of Droon starring Spacehawk, script and art by Basil Wolverton. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tillie the Toiler Large Feature Comic (1941) 30 GD/VG 3.0

3" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Large Feature Comic: Tillie the Toiler (1941). This comic was published by Dell Publishing Co. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix (1940 Ralston-Purina) 7 GD+ 2.5

Miscut/wrapped. Second half of book folded.

Cover by Fred Meagher. Stories and art by Charles Biro, August Froehlich, Stan Schendel, and Fred Meagher. When movie cowboy Tom Mix's radio show hit it big, sponsor Ralston Purina offered Tom Mix Comics by mail for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. The art, often uncredited, is exceptionally nice in this series. Tom must protect the experimental XP-80 plane from saboteur Doctor Goliath, in a story that contains an impressive splash page of a train explosion, and another scene of Tom lassoing a plane in flight (!). Miserly Uncle Amos decides the Fumble family's pet pig would be a cheap source of bacon, but luckily he's a lousy shot, in a story with art by comics legend Charles Biro. Outlaws trap Jane and Pop Johnson in a burning cabin, but luckily, she's got her Tom Mix Straight Shooter telegraph set. Plus activities pages and magic tricks. And a page praising "Clean, High-Grade" Tom Mix Comics, and emphasizing that they have no "blood-curdling horror, gangster heros, glorification of war " or "cheap, badly drawn illustrations, to debase young readers' conceptions of form and proportion." (!) An early salvo in the comics culture wars. Action-packed cover by Fred Meagher has a little bit of everything. The Train That Vanished from the Face of the Earth; The Fumble Family with Amos Q. Snood; My Favorite Magic Tricks; Sure as Shootin'; Great Straight Shooters: Teddy Roosevelt; Jane's Page; Jane of Dream Castle; Stubby and His Straight Shooter Pals; Teepee of the Plains Indians; Tom Mix and the Cry for Help! 32 pages, Full Color.

Uncanny Stories (1941 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

Tape on interior cover.

Vol. 1 #1 - April 1941. Novels: "Coming of the Giant Germs" by Ray Cummings, "Beyond Hell" by R. DeWitt Miller. Short stories: "Man From the Wrong Time-Track" by Denis Plimmer, "Speed Will be My Bride" by David H. Keller, "Meet My Brother - Mr. Ghost" by Wayne Overholser. Novelette: "The Earth-Stealers" by Frederic Kummer. 7-in. x 10-in. 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Weird Comics (1940) 13 CBCS 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #23-211F269-003

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve, James J. Royal, Bert Whitman, Spencer Allen, and Robert Webb. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. Miss Tilbury, the pretty co-worker who always belittles The Dart's civilian identity, is abducted by the criminals who have taken her cousin Roland; The Beast escapes prison and steals a powerful new gas weapon, and only the Eagle and Buddy can stop him; Marga and Ted seek vanished explorers and find a lost plateau in the jungle, where she kills an attacking panther using just her teeth. Dart; Sorceress of Zoom; Dr. Mortal; Eagle; Buffalo War; Marga the Panther Woman; Dynamo; Blast Bennett. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wings Comics (1940) 11 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

Spine and staples reinforced with paper tape on interior of cover and centerfold. Staples removed. Spine sewn. Oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Al Gabriele, Al Walker, Gene Fawcette, Leonard Frank, Frank Schwarz, Witmer Williams, E.J. Smalle and Joe Doolin. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Greasemonkey Griffin goes after a Nazi general he accidentally allowed to escape; In South America, a dancer's map leads F-4 to an ancient temple and a Nazi death-trap; Clipper Kirk faces The Wolf Squadron. Skull Squad; Parachute Patrol; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; F4 of the Air Intelligence; Suicide Smith; The Phantom Falcons; Wing Tips; Derelict; Coffins From the Clouds; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Wings Comics (1940) 11 PR 0.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch, piece fill, and spine rebuild. Interior is complete. Water damage.

Cover by Gene Fawcette. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Gene Fawcette. Stories and art by Arthur Peddy, Al Gabriele, Al Walker, Gene Fawcette, Leonard Frank, Frank Schwarz, Witmer Williams, E.J. Smalle and Joe Doolin. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Greasemonkey Griffin goes after a Nazi general he accidentally allowed to escape; In South America, a dancer's map leads F-4 to an ancient temple and a Nazi death-trap; Clipper Kirk faces The Wolf Squadron. Skull Squad; Parachute Patrol; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; F4 of the Air Intelligence; Suicide Smith; The Phantom Falcons; Wing Tips; Derelict; Coffins From the Clouds; Greasemonkey Griffin. 68 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Wonderworld Comics (1939) 27 CBCS 2.0

Paper: White

Label #23-211F269-004

The Kidnapping of Dr. Dobbs starring Flame. Blitz and the Saboteur starring Black Lion, art by Chuck Winter. Zino's Bombing Plot starring Yarko the Great. The Framing of Bill Mattson starring Tex Maxon art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Framing of Bill Mattson starring Tex Maxon, art by Munson Paddock (Chuck Munson). The Murder of "Lord Cowper" starring Patty O'Day, art by Claire Moe (Vic Todd). Jungle Manhunt text story by Nathaniel Nitkin (N. N. Nathaniel). The Pencil Racket starring Dr. Fung. The Sky Pirate starring Wing Turner. Niki Comso's Train Sabotage Plot--K-51 Spies At War. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.